hot-air balloonn.
/hɒtˈɛː bəˌluːn/, U.S. /hɑtˈɛ(ə)r bəˌlun/ A large airtight balloon designed to rise into the air when inflated with hot air or a gas that is lighter than air, typically carrying with it a basket for passengers; = balloon n. 6. Cf. air balloon n. 2.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > balloon > types of balloon
fire balloon1754
Montgolfier1783
hot-air balloon1843
sausage1858
sausage balloon1874
observation balloon1909
obbo1925
aerostat1974
1843 R. Fraser Sci. Wanderings vii. 107 As the hot air balloon ascends, some portion of the heated air escapes by its open mouth.
1865 B. Silliman Princ. Physics (ed. 2) 217 Hot-air balloons are, therefore (in allusion to their inventors), usually called Montgolfiers.
1905 G. Bacon Balloons i. 23 To this day large hot-air balloons inflated by the same methods employed a hundred years ago occasionally take passengers aloft.
1978 D. Severance Reach for Sky 127 John Montgomery tested his experimental ‘hang-gliders’ by dropping them from hot air balloons.
2003 B. Wagner Still Holding iii. 196 Helicopters, small planes, and hot-air balloons..were naturally disallowed in the airspace above.
Derivatives
hot-ˈair ballooning n. the use of a hot-air balloon; travel in a hot-air balloon; = ballooning n. 1.
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society > travel > air or space travel > ballooning > [noun]
airgonation1784
balloonation1784
ballooning1784
balloonery1785
balloonism1785
balloon flying1802
balloon navigation1816
aeronautism1847
hot-air ballooning1891
1891 Sci. Amer. 5 Sept. 147/2 (heading) Hot air ballooning, Weehawken, N.J.
1966 Times 22 Oct. 12/2 Hot air ballooning would cost the crew about £1 an hour.
2007 Tablelands Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 6 June 9 The familiarisation tour was an opportunity for the visitors to experience everything from hot air ballooning to horse riding.
hot-ˈair balloonist n. a person who flies or travels in a hot-air balloon; = balloonist n.
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1887 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 14 July Prof. Gomes, the hot air balloonist of Springfield, is going to attempt the feat of jumping from a balloon several thousand feet high, with the aid of a parachute.
2004 W. M. L. Libby Using Stories to make Art 66 Invite a hot air balloonist to the school to give a demonstration on the school grounds.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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